GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| mystic | mystical |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |